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Florida nurse, 32, is found dead in his car from a suspected overdose hours after telling his friend he was struggling to cope with the coronavirus pandemic source  of article A  Florida  nurse who had been struggling to cope with the  coronavirus  pandemic was found dead in his car from a suspected drug overdose, his family has revealed.   William Coddington, 32, was found dead in a hotel parking lot in Deerfield Beach, Florida on the morning of April 25.   Coddington worked at the intensive care unit at JFK Medical Center in West Palm Beach and had been trying to cope with the trauma of treating patients with the deadly virus.   His mother Carolyn told Reuters her son was rattled by seeing so many patients his age die and was scared about how little personal protective equipment he had.  She said he son had nightmares about alarms going off on ventilators in the ICU and suffered from the social isolation imposed by the p...

A fire at a Moscow hospital treating people infected by the new coronavirus killed one patient and forced the evacuation of about 200 others . News reports said the fire at the facility in the northern part of the city has been extinguished. Mayor Sergei Sobyanin confirmed reports that a patient had died and said those evacuated would be transferred to other hospitals. It was not clear how many of the evacuees were suffering from COVID-19. More to follow...

Dr Anthony Fauci,a leading member of the White House's coronavirus taskforce , placed himself in quarantine after coming in contact with someone who tested positive for Coronavirus. The director of the US's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases tested negative for COVID-19, according to the institute and regular tests will be perfomed throughout the quarantine period Also Read  Millitary aide linked to Donald Trump in whitehouse test positive for coronavirus The institute added that he is considered to be "relatively low risk" based on the degree of his exposure to the virus and that he would be "taking appropriate precautions as required" to mitigate the risk to personal contacts while still carrying out his duties. While he will stay at home and telework, Fauci will go to the White House if necessary or called and take every precaution,  said the institute. He is the third member of the White House coronavirus taskforce to plac...

University of Pittsburgh professor Bing Liu. PHOTO| CNN A University of Pittsburgh professor on the verge of making “very significant findings” researching about Coronavirus, according to the university, he was shot and killed in an apparent murder-suicide over the weekend, the police said. The research assistant professor, known as Bing Liu, was found in his townhouse on Saturday with gunshot wounds to the head, neck, torso and extremities,the Ross Police Department reported Investigators believe an unidentified second man, who was found dead in his car, shot and killed Liu in his home before returning to his car and killing himself Police believe the men knew each other, but say there is “zero indication or evidence that there was targeting due to him being a Chinese,” according to Detective Sergeant Brian Kohlhepp . The university issued a statement saying they are “deeply saddened by the mysterious death of Bing Liu, a prolific researcher and admired colleague at Pitt...

President Donald Trump said in a selective meeting with ABC "World News Tonight" Anchor and Managing Editor David Muir on Tuesday that "it's conceivable there will be a few" passings as states move back limitations planned for halting the spread of the novel coronavirus, recognizing that it was the decision the nation countenances to revive and kick off the perishing economy.  "Do you accept that is the truth we are confronting that lives will be lost to revive the country?"David Muir asked Trump during a meeting in Phoenix, Arizona.  "It's conceivable there will be some life lost since you won't be secured a loft or a house or whatever it is," Trump said. "And yet, we're going to rehearse social separating, we will wash hands, we will do a great deal of the things that we've figured out how to do in the course of the last timeframe."  Notwithstanding the president's affirmation straightforwardly to Muir that it...

In regards to tests done at Rome's infectious-disease Spallanzani Hospital, the coronavirus vaccine has antibodies generated in mice that work on human cells. All of the vaccine candidates currently being developed are based on the genetic material of DNA protein 'spike'. Italy has claimed that it has successfully developed the world's first coronavirus vaccine that works on humans, Arab News site has reported. Tests carried out at Rome's infectious-disease Spallanzani Hospital, the covid-19 vaccine has antibodies generated in mice that block multiplication of coronavirus on human cells . “This is the most advanced stage of testing of a candidate vaccine created in Italy,” Luigi Aurisicchio, CEO of Takis, the firm developing the medication told Italian news agency ANSA in a report. Laughbase.blogspot.com has not independently verified the news “Human tests are expected to start after this summer,” said Aurisicchio. Scientists used mice to test the ...

The World Health Organization has dismissed the Madagascar president's claims that a herbal tonic produced within the country can cure patients of COVID-19.  Other African countries such as Tanzania and Guinea-Bissau have made plans to import the tonic, which contains the artemisia plant, which is normally used to treat malaria.

remdesivir tablet Remdesivir is a broad-spectrum antiviral medication developed by the biopharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences. As of  2020, remdesivir is under investigation as a specific treatment for COVID-19 and has been authorized by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) under Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for emergency treatment for those hospitalized with severe disease. It may have an effect on the time it takes to recover from the disease. It is given by injection into a vein. SECTIONS Dosing & Uses ADULT PEDIATRIC Dosage Forms & Strengths injection, lyophilized powder for reconstitution 100mg/vial injection, solution 100mg/20mL (5mg/mL) Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) (Investigational) May 1, 2020: The FDA has granted an emergency use authorization (EUA) for remdesivir to treat hospitalized adults and children with suspected or laboratory-confirmed SARS CoV-2 infection and severe COVID-19 disease EUA facilitates broader use of remdesi...

The FDA has granted an emergency use authorization (EUA) for remdesivir to treat hospitalized adults and children with suspected or laboratory-confirmed SARS CoV-2 infection and severe COVID-19 disease EUA facilitates broader use of remdesivir, enabling access at additional hospitals across the country Severe COVID-19 disease is defined as patients with an oxygen saturation (SpO2) ≤94% on room air or requiring supplemental oxygen or requiring mechanical ventilation or requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) An experimental drug — and one of the world’s best hopes for treating COVID-19 — could shorten the time to recovery from coronavirus infection, according to the largest and most rigorous clinical trial of the compound yet. The drug, called remdesivir, interferes with the replication of some viruses, including SARS-CoV-2, which is responsible for the current pandemic. On 29 April, Anthony Fauci, director of the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NI...